Toy gun



(No Model.)

Wjs. REED.

TQY GUN.

No. 283,661. Patented Aug. 21, 1883.

'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEQ \VILLIAM S. REED, OF LEOMINSTER,MASSACHUSETTS.

TOYGUN.

SPECIFICATION forming part oi Letters Patent No. 283,661, dated August21, 1883.

Application filed May1 2,18S3. (No model.) 7

T 0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM S. REED, of Leominster, in the county ofXVorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certainimprovements in Toy Guns or Cannons, of

which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, making part of thisspecification, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of two cannonsfacing each other, one of them being provided with my improvements. Fig.2 represents a cannon the target of which is being aimed at by a ballattached to an elastic cord and held in the hand of a toy soldier. Fig.0 represents the target of a cannon about to be struck by the ball of apistol. Fig. 4 represents the target about to be struck by a ball thrownby hand and without an elastic connection. Figs. 5,6, and 7 representthe retaining device.

My present invention consists in a toy gun or cannon having aspringplunger and a retaining device, which is adapted to'be rotated insuch manner as to allow of the release of the plunger which dischargesthe ball or other Ell S- sile contained therein.

. To enable othersskilled in the art to understand and use my invention,Iwill proceed to describe the manner in which I have carried it out.

In Fig. 1 of said drawings, A B represent two mounted cannons facingeach other. The

cannon A is provided with a long plunger, a, passing centrally into itfrom the rear, the head of the plunger being secured to the cannon by anelastic band, I).

Communicating with the bore of the cannon A is a vertical passage, 0,for the reception of the shank d of a retaining device, 0, having ahorizontal arm, 6, with an enlarge ment which serves as a target, h, atits outer end. The bottom of the shank d is provided with two beveledfaces, 8 and 9, Figs. 5, 6, and -7. When the plunger a is drawn out tothe rear of the cannon, its forward end abuts against the beveled face8, which holds it in this position against the resistance a of thespring-band b, the horizontal arm (2, with its target, being located atright angles to the bore of the cannon. When the target of the gun A isstruck by a ball discharged from the gun B or other object, theretaining device 0 is in the hand of a person, the ball being secured toan elastic cord attached to the cannon-carriage, (see Fig. 2); or thetarget may be struck by a ball discharged from a pistol, Fig. 3, or by aball thrown byhand without the elastic cord, Fi 4..

The targetof the retaining device may be dispensed with, and itshorizontal arm 9 have a cord, i, attached thereto, Fig. 7, which may bepulled in order to rotate the retaining de vice and release the plunger0.

The bottom of the retaining-pin may be prov'ided with but one inclinedface, or it may be cam shape, if desired.

1. A'toy gun or cannon provided with a spring-plunger, a, and aretaining device, G, passing down into the bore, and having its footinclined or cam shape, constructed to operate as described.

2. A toy gun or cannon, with its spring plunger a, and a retainingdevice, 0, having its bottom inclined or cam shape, and with ahorizontal arm, e, provided with a target, 71, which, when struck oracted on, liberates the plunger, which discharges a ball, as and for thepurpose set forth.

3. In combination, the toy guns A 13, each having a springplunger, a,and a retaining device, 0, extending into the bore in front of theplunger, and provided on its outside with a vertically-pivoted target,71, which, when struck or acted on, will swing around from a position atright angles to the bore into a position in the same line or planetherewith, to release the plunger within, whereby the discharge of aball or missile from one gun shall strike the target and cause thedischarge of the other gun, as specified.

Witness my hand this 28th day of April, 1883.

WILLIAM S. REED. In presence oi' N. W. STEARNS, G. E. DRESSER.

